Republic of Ireland Faculty

Welcome from Republic of Ireland Faculty, we are a group of volunteer RCGP members who provide local networking, education and support for members in the area. The Faculty supports almost 500 members, Fellows and Associates across the Republic of Ireland. The Faculty has a particular interest in supporting our members' CPD and professional development and provide a range of educational meetings, tailored to local needs, as well as bursaries and awards to support and recognise innovation and development.

Get involved

Board meetings

We meet four times per year in February, June, September and December to progress our local engagement activities and discuss issues pertinent to our members, which are then fed back to College Council. 

The meetings for 2026 will take place on the following dates:

• Thursday 11 June 2026
• Thursday 10 September 2026
• Thursday 19 November 2026

Spring Meeting

The Republic of Ireland Faculty Spring Meeting will take place on Saturday 18 April at the Royal College of Surgeons or Ireland, Dublin.

Speakers include:

• “From Gastroenterology to death, dying and longevity” - Dr Seamus O'Mahony, Gastroenterologist and author
• “Dying in Ireland- can we do better? A view from General Practice” - Dr Brendan O'Shea, GP and Asst Adj. Professor at Trinity College Dublin
• Plus the Final of the all island clinical cases presentation competition (undergraduate medical student competition) with Kimara Naidoo and Amritha Ramachandran, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland v's Alex Stewart and Treasa Moloney, University of Limerick

Free to attend. To register contact roi@rcgp.org.uk

Winter meeting and dinner

The Republic of Ireland Faculty Winter meeting and dinner will take place on Saturday 5 December 2026 at the Stephens Green Club, 9 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2.

Awards and prizes

Clinical Cases Presentation Competition 2026

The importance of engaging with undergraduate students in medical schools is acknowledged in terms of developing the discipline of general practice, and in terms of assisting undergraduate medical students in their key career decisions.

Such engagement facilitates greater casual contact between medical undergraduates, GP Trainees, Academic GPs and established GP Principals. It is part of the solution to the otherwise somewhat one-sided exposure students experience with our Specialist colleagues, given the extent to which the majority of undergraduate training is still based in hospitals, with much teaching delivered by Specialists, and Specialist Trainees from other Disciplines.

Clinical case presentations are useful as learning exercises, both for the individuals undertaking them, and also for those who listen to them, and who contribute to the ensuing discussions.

Local competitions were held in January 2026 and semi-finals were held online on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 February 2026. Congratulations to the Finalists from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and the University of Limerick who will proceed to present at the Spring meeting 2026.

Sheppard Memorial Essay Competition 2025

This essay competition is open to all undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors who are within five years of completing general practice training. The opening date for entries is Monday 24 August and the closing date is Friday 23 October 2026.

• 2025 essay compendium (PDF file, 1.7 MB)
• 2021-2024 essay compendium (PDF file, 7.2 MB)
• 2020 winning essays (PDF file, 1.8 MB)

For more information, see the Republic of Ireland section on the awards page.

Meet your faculty

Contact us

RCGP Republic of Ireland Faculty

c/o ICGP

15 Hogan Place 

Dublin 2 

D02 DK23

 Ireland

Telephone: 0044 7876030474
Email: Suzanne.Manning@rcgp.org.uk

Office opening hours: 08:00 - 16:30, Monday to Friday.

Your local Faculty Support Officer is Suzanne Manning.

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